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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Cloudy, warm, showera; Monday fair, cooler.
•8TH YEAR, NO: 37 — ^0 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1944
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NEW RED DRIVE IN POLAND
REPORT YANKS
LESSAY
DEMOCRATS HAVE
ALLISSUESSET
BUTFORWALLACE
His Strength Sags; Report Roosevelt Has Approved Platform
Convention Headquartera, Chicago, .7uly l.'i. (UPt—The campaign to renominate Vice President Henry A. Wallace at next week's Demo¬ cratic national convention was sag¬ ging tonight under pressure of conse.vative Democrata despite President-Roosevelt's reluctance to repudiate his teammate.
The convention meets Wednes¬ day Party leaders are arriving for preliminaries, including open hear¬ ings on thc 1!>44 platform which il understood already to have been written nnd to have the Presidcnt'i approval. Texan Anti-New Deal
Most rebellion in thc South ap- paieiiliy i.t suiMidilig e.xiepl on tne issue of the vice presidential nom¬ inee. But advance reports are that the Texas delegation still is fulL of anti-New Deal fight. The resolu¬ tions rnmmiltee and probably the rredeiitials <onimitlec - - where the fir.sl skirmish over Texas takes place - will meet Monday.
The President Is not in a position to compel thi.« convention to take Wallace. But if the letter of rec¬ ommendation is strong enough. Wallace can put up a real fight that would leave the convention angry and start the "fourth-term lampaign off with a limp. Wallace has upward of I,')!! sure voie.v The con.servatives activelv are seeking a rompromife candidate who would he .«ati<<factory to .Mr. P.oosevcit. hut «o far have not settled on any individual. B.vrne* and Rarkley
Maior cani|iniKii.s are developing in behalf of Wnr Mobilization Di¬ rector .lamc" F. Byrnes of .South Carolina, and Sen. Alben W. Bark- ley of Kcntuiky. One of the heav¬ iest burdens of the Byrnes cam¬ paign is Ihat the N'enroea would not want him on thc Democratic ticket becau.'^e of hi.s opposition, vhile a (Continued on Page A-10)
He Didn't Quit
Stilweli Drives into Myitkyina
Jap Reverses In Imphal Area Called Worst In History by Lord Mountbatten
Bradley's Army Like A Machine
Battles Recall 1918; 200,000 Germans Prepare Showdown at Caen with British
By PHIL ALLT
Shelling Guam, Invasion Due; Fire Oil Field
By tltANK TRE.MAINB
Pearl Harbor. July 18. (UP)—American warihlps, presaing a knock¬ out offensive against Japanese-occupied Guam, shelled ita batteriea and airdrome Friday for the sixth time in an many weeks, and carrier planes bombed the island for the l¦^th time in the same period, it waa announced tonight. It was the lUh straight day the Uland had lieen hit.
(B^rom MacArthur's headquartera came tlie report that the great oil center of Boela, Ceram, in the Dutch E^t Indies, haa been aet
Open Attack As Grodno Is Flanked
Shelling Bulwark , To East Prussia; Start Lwow Drive From Tarmopol Area
By ROBERT Ml SEL
London, Sunda.v, July 16
Mitchell medium bombera of the (LP)—Plunging to within 44 Seventh Air F'orce blasted the! ., , »-. . r. .
phosphate island of Naru weit of, mues of pre-war Last Prussia, the Gilbert Islanda Thursday, hit-iRpj Amiv tliions vpstpirfav ting the settlement of Oro, where l"*^** Aim.V uoops .vesieiaay several fires were atarted. Here.' OU t fla n k e d Gl'odno and in Franck and; fighting h..d.\^:i^U:^<^ -"^.iHf „:^t?p^t^U":j'no'^S'ir;:iKaunas, twin Nazi bastion.
ablaze,)
Moderate anti-aircraft fire met .,,.,,, T, , the planes but there waa no at-
Allied bupreine Headquar- [ lempt at fighter interception, bear- ters, London, Sundav, Julv IGjing out indications that the enemy'a
(UP) — American troops «'¦¦.''';f<'"«" 'IT'* .^**'" "" ""! vv.-i/ .11... » 1 iieutrnlizpd under the incessant
the isolated enemy basea in the eastern Marshals were attacked by Dauntleas divcbombers and Corsair flghtera of the Fourth Marine Air¬ craft Wing the same day.
By WALTER LOOAX
Southeast Aaia Command. Kandy. Ceylon, July 15. (UP)—Lt. On. Joseph JV. Stllwell'a Chinese troops have hurled a new assault 3(X) vards farther Into the northwest
Jr^r di^Utches'^^id'to^a^.^'v^ii'ire ^^fttled .'^atU.•day into the out- freet'blows.
in India's Manipur atate. Allied I SKirtS of Lcssav, west coast i Four enemy aircraft viere de-
.transports already arc rumbling ^ anchor of the (>ennaii front i ¦¦>"'o.v*'d on the ground at the Orole
up the Imphal-Ukrul road, cleared i..i-.i-i.i ,..i.;.u ...i.u -u- •-
by British forces yesterday. , , , ,, , ., < , i - -••- -'— -"^ "''i„.„.i„_ i . ..• .i . .
(Adm Lord Louis Mountbatten <-0-hand through the liedge- the principal objective of both the | "P"""- I protecting the approaches tO
supreme SEAC comm'andcr. vi.sit: rows, gained a haid-vvon half-'air '"';'*"'''"_'-• '<^"«^''»- ! l'^« '^'J ?r'uc'es°"ve°da" ";!tl>«t castorn-most part of Ger-
[efmed''Vhe'k'l"v^nenwe LTaYl'ie's '"''^ ^"^^ "''^ ^^- ''" '" tlloir! Tr"k H Again ! b ous'cir HeJ'orb^TdA.'^M'aV A ' many, uhile Berlin reported
••r^'of^''heT;Lrr'Lfe^;i'"V;:e! knockout attack again_st^thal,^-.;vc".>-^-.v^Alr^^^^^^^^^ '^^\^:l^^J^J^^J?^\J^::r'^.:^^e Russians had opened «
Japanese army haa suffered
hi.story." the Britiah rad
by CBS. reported. He expressed I , "^ "" '¦"'•'-¦"*i"';"V'V'",V'' anti-aircraft positions on Dublon... ....
confidence the Allies would "com-! Lt.-^fUer reported thatthC del- anrt Moen islets inside the lagoon l "¦•'''«*• '•'' Invaaten pletely de.stroy" the aurviving nian.s evacuated Lcissav a.s the the principal targets. Several fires | Guam, south of Saipan and tha Japanese.) I 4mi>i'i<-nnu pntpi-eri thr nnt- ''P*""8 up in thc wake of tha ilargest ialand in the Marianas, wat
¦lana Strongly Fortified . ."vmeiitans riiiiricu mc ""» hombeis. |by-passed whan American foreat
The new "attack on Myitkyina, *''"'"*'^ ""***''*'"'°^*"^^** i Several Japanese fighters came jttruck ashore on Saipan. » month
covered by Mitchell medium boinb-l barrage.)
redin lis key I'oad Center. (May belovv.) moU orl'juTirit wT"7e7eaied injlf "^-^^^^^^^^^^^ new offen.^ive to-
''JtJ:.::^, (CBS correspondent l^rl'y^.";?'i'L':i';:^':tlT•.^'°„*^^^ ward the fortress city of
era, wat regarded as an indication { Another American that the Japanese garrison, com- down on Pcrieis, pivot of the pletely sealed off for nearly four i enemy line six miles southeast of weeks, is near the breaking point I Lessay, a.s the Doughboys marked for want ot supplies and ammuni-'up general advances of up to four tion. Allied officiala have ex-j miles acio.ss a ,"iO-niile front and pressed the hope that thc key ,wept through Z.") villages.
' '""huI^^c^:'' .^f "A^te;'^ m-e "'as ^ A great test of arms, perhaps oiic
up but did not press their attacka. ago. With Rota in the aame group olumn bore ''"""P* Island in the Carolinet and (Continued on Page A-10)
Another Ploesti Raid Dwindles German Fuel
This is a picture of one man's sacrifice for freedom. Remain¬ ing at hia battle station until his ship vvas bla.sted out from
under him. a mass of twisted wreckaRo. this Coast (iuardsmaii Kave hi.s life. lU. S. Coast Guard Pholp.l
Lwow in southeastern Poland. (Map on Page A-3.)
Simultaneously, Soviet forcea cracked an Important link in th* Germans' Baltic defense system, by capturing the stronghold of Opochka MItl'ef the Latvian border and drove tn within 4S miles of Brest Litovsk and 47 miles from Bialyatok in drives toward thoa« key defense points before Warsaw and the Polish plains.
The tJerman high command re¬ ported without Russian confirma¬ tion that thc 1st Ukrainian Army had launched a mas.^ive new as- ault on a T8-mile front hetween
Services Reach Peak; On Replacement Basis
|as little IO.S, or Aiue-s iiv" as ^^-^j--j^^.t,.^;^ ^^,^,^ ^3^^,^^ ^f j^p: By UALTKR t'RO.NKITK ileft the air because of the ap possible, rather than by a costly ^^.,^^ ^^,^_^ declared omcially to be' Allied Supreme Headquarters j proach of Allied "nuisance raid irontai attack. impcndinK on the Anglo-Canadian. London. July l.'i.- (UP >- More than ers," thc FCX' reported.)
This desire, plus the fact the f,.p„^ i,round Ciieii. where the i;er-i 1.000 American bombers and fight- Before dusk today Beaufightersl Tarnapol nnd Luck while German
Japanese are holding out in 20- ,.,^„,i^ tinleaslied " Hfiinifir** hnr-'cr.s. in the i>Ie\'prfh Itnlinn-haNeH of '*-- '¦*—'¦-' '"' -• ..-jI
footdccp concrete reinforced bunk- rase in prepai-a ' ers, explains why the investment ,,j,|,^(pf.^[jg^.ij of the North Burma stronghold haa progressed so slowly, front re¬ ports aaid,
British and Indian troops con- ''^¦''
I a drumfire bar-'crs. in tlic eleventh Italian-ha.sed of the Coastal Command attacked j broadcasts said that fiehting on tion for a massive! Mttack this nionlli on Germany's |«n eneniy convoy off the Norwegian | that front had extended south td
200 MEN STOP 18,000 AT WILLOW RUN PLANT
Vankv Like a .Machine
li.ird-pre.ssed fuel iiuluslry. hurled coast, blowing up one merchant- (he Carpathian foothills.
1.500 tons of bombs into Ploesti lo- man and leaving two other medium' ., I (lay, leaving fiv e oil refineries bat- sized vea.sels blazing fiercelv. An Living the enemy not a moments lercd and smoking, ¦
.spite, Lt. Gen Omar N. Bradley s| p,,.„„, Britain, th
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escort vessel was lefl in sinking I More than 270 tnwn.s and teffle- e P..\F sent up- condition and the remaining five, ments were swept up on a ,'>,"in-mile
tinued to press hard on the reari^""^'* ,";«'''« attacking with \^.„r,i., „{ 300 I^ncasler bombers. I "hips of the .onvoy were either
nf the mam body of Japanese "i«'"i"P-'i«e precision against re- ^^^.^ „f „.|j|,.|^ ^.3,, ^^^.^^ ^j^^j ,„„, j,|amaged or set afire.
troops retreating eastward toward sist.incc that ranged from real- „f bombs on short hau!.«. to the .AHark Robot Rase
Burma in an apparent wholesale guard action on tlie west flank to ^..^af f,pjg|,i \arci« «' ViUeneuve During Fridav night big RAF
evacuation of the Manipur Hills a "csP^rstc struggle for every fiKit ^t, Georges. 20 miles southea.-t of Ijincast( r and" Halifax bornVrs
along the Inst, bloody mile to St. ,>„,.,_, j„ „ p,.c.,lawn attack which lashed the Pas de Calais robot, the easlern gates of (Jrodno. hurling
strencth of 3 H,5(H)(K) brinainE com- Anril 30 of about ",'10 Oon men hv' *"•«••' '" -'ungle Track ''*' , .^ , smothered a concentration of CJer- coast, while .Mosqiiitos hammered thousand.s of arlillery shells into
strciigtn or j.h,w»uo o.ingmg .om Apri.u or about -50,000 men. b> ^ An SEAC communique said the United Press Oorre.spondentj man military supplies. 1 the rail junction of Hannover. 1,W that Na/.i bulwark, one of the
Ph V H " " '" *"'''"'^"' '" ''' '"¦¦ ^^^ "'"J""" P*""' nf "'snpowe'-, British forces rc-cstablishcd con- -lames C. McClincy reported that Bad weather hampered air opera-; miles west of Berlin, and planted i strongest in eastern Europe, ele-
ine * oro scheduled peak of 11.3(10.000 and, indue ted since that time. |tact vvith an enemy rear guard Saturdays advances on Sl Lo uf lions from this island base, al- mines In .Nazi sealane.s. One bomb-^ ments of Gen. Ivan D. Chernlak-
Wnsiiington, July 15. (UP>—The.Coast Guard at 169.235, This tabu- Navy has reached its desired lation reflected an expansion since'""^'*'
front as the Soviet juggernaut roll¬ ed over German defenses and sent the (Jermans fleeing to their last major defense lines In the east. While .'Soviet troops battered at
rviroit, July 1,\ <UP) i^i'ii^r nr'T'ihf.^nr.^lr'^hnm'wJ u^ie Putliiig futuic Induction calls on a On Replacement Raais 'force at Maoku, lu' miles iTouth- the reduction of three powerfully though aome pl.ines managed to er was lo.M in those operations. j hovakvs Srd White Russian Army
;:';rdowV;o,iigVV.cfj;a-.,hiVreplacement basis. It wa» learned j The Arn.y has been on a replace-|-f,^,,,«'/,„J;:'';:.-/', -, "^.^^^^^^^^^^ '-''« "" '^' «-f "-P^'r^^". .^^^"r}^^ .ha. outflanked ifie city nine miles to
of workers which reported for duty tonight. ment basis for the past three and tlie mounlain.s at Humine and leads fantry surges of thc last war. I (At 11:27
Naval officials told the United one-half months after reaching its to a great Chindwin River valley (Jerman SS Elite Guard officers
upwards nf 7,^n Flyine Fortresses J the north bv the capture of Gozha, p. ni.. Radio Budapest iContinued on Page A-3i
other employees "failed to get pro
was
as
(Jozha, seized in a seven-mile ad¬ vance from the Wilno-Grodno rail¬ road, is 10 miles from the border of the .'^iivalki triangle incorporated by the Nazis into East Prussia In 1539
(Continued on Page A-3)
nieetin». then come back to work, the Marine Corps at <","),8.'i.'.. and the then hold another meeting," -^_—^—^_^_____^__
The company decided because of the "inlermittrnt production" to send ihe entire shift of IR.pOO workers home. 1'hey said the nctt shift was sclicduleci to report at 7 a. ni. Mondav but that they did not know wctlicr the men would
The ' four-hour closing of the'"-* RON ALU (LARK
sprawling pipnt this afternoon, the Willi thc Allies
IContinued on Page A-3>
ill (Continued on Page A-3i
No Alibis front Normandy
Allies Moving Slowly Because Enemy Is Tough
Report Panic in East Prussia
The Swedish newspaper Afton-
ns -some people imagine vve should I covered bv machine guns which in Normandy, :•' that there are Germans in front] must be cleared with flails, and first work stoppage since opera- July ll. i.UPi To those armchair i'f >'» and^ they are fighting well] they are likely to prove lo be tar- tinns beRiin two years ago, hadicritica at home who have been «"" hard. j gels for the heavier guns farther
been apparently ended when the'wondering aloud why the Allied The officer refused to take refuge'back l'niled Automobile Workers iCIOi! forces in Normandy are not m the convenient explanation by local union agreed to end the strike moving with the same speed as some that thc question of auppi; and ordered the next shift lo re- the Riissiaus, a higii Allied oflicer for thc Allied forces was respon 7iort. They had no Immediate had this Answer today: .sible.
stntemcnis on the latest devclop-l "The one real reason why wc w^ Have Suppliea jncnt. 'are not moving forward as fast
the U. S. Army. „,g target and Ihe'drive mav later' One of the rich prizes stolen by
C'aNiinltie<i Heavy prove the lower end of a pinccr ^ the Japs two yeais ago, Ihe great |
i These dcsperaie mea.'-urrs were tn be put on Warsaw. A.s usual, oil center of Boela, Ceram, in thej
co.sting us heavily for everv yard thi.s attack in annther sector bv, Hutch Kasi Indies vvas the target!
gained but .slowlv and surely, the the Russians waited until the fir-st for Liberators and unusual success; . ,. ... ,
front report.s said, the Germans wa.s well started. That fir.st wa-s was reported as blazing oil over-1 1'. „"'?'!",.'!!,'!."-'¦_ t-1"^"i""!-.-
were giving way and suffering in tho midst of flanking the fori- ran the town. ... In New Guinea |
enormous losses which were almost less at Grodno, after which the j the desperate effort of the Jap|
impossible for them to replace, Soviets will move into East Prus-army to break out of the trap was [
Near the coast the m;iln German «'« ""^ ^¦^<- "" "i" Baltic State,- .stalled again and supplies blocked j
armie.s had retired behind thc Ay - Vn,..«»„H,. *„,.,.i «„ f„r„«. I '^ jV. j V,' '' .iV .^ i
- - —. •'In Normandy, Amernan forcea,! pounded and Tokyo was dismal
scoffed at 1,000-yard advance* and!'''celling the road vvith light anil
and Jsevfs Rivers hut ihcir new po
sitions already were being under- „, ,„^ ,_, „,^ ^^^^^ moving!
mined by an AmeruH.i "PProach ^,^^^.,^. ^„, .,„„.,.,,f„|K. „,,„,, („! MounChatten hailed .ucce.s.se« In
within one mile of the vital Lessav- ,^^ ,,^^,,p„ ^^^ ^jj(^_;^,j ^.^j „,j,,^ ,^ph„, g„a and Stilweli
de-'pounded further in Myilkyina,: or even ration cards." ter-1 where the Japs are in a trap, , , ,! Greatest chaos was reported lo de-iln China, after the Japs at last along the Wilno-Kovno-Koenlgs- ~ >--.. ¦ .1.-:- ; n . ijij^ Aftontidningen said,
luRc ..n>^". witiiin one ini e of the vita Lessav- ,. _ i,„..i„., .„j ui,>•.;.„, i,i„
1 by The situntion perhaps vvas besl .St. I,o road, supplv arlerv of the '^,^'^"'"•""'?,„'''""",, a PPly summed up by a British Tommy, German flank. In this .sector tiie ,''^"*'''"" "Khting again.st a non- ,.rh/. «i,.-.„,.j. ir 1 J ' . ,, » t> -ll terminer! enemv wno occupie.s
pon who observed ! I"^'? '^^''^ '"'J.T..r.!''L?. '^^Ti" rain extremely vvell .suited lo
panic reigning in East Prussia, a BB(^ brn,-idcasl. recorded by U. S. government monitors, laid Saturday,
The French-language broadcast to Europe said civilians were crowding railway stations, block¬ ing roada leading to the we.st and refusing to concern them¬ selves with "official document!
1"J\'.^"J:^.'!^'^ °^.,'''„^:i-"Ji?." 1 .r. ;?:-"" ^'Uih"',.,':^!," f-"-?- vanka were reported enter- baUered their way into Hengyang., berg
Former Professor, Thought Dead, Found Truck Driver After 17 Years
Hartford. Conn.. July l.^. (UPl—I Today, he showed up as a modest-
to the Seii)e River we would be able to keep up v.Uh him." he said. "Wc could keep up with the gasoline, food and water and with ammunition for enough guns to keep him moving. We have done this both in the desert and in j Italy, where communications were
Vnnrtnon v«>ar« atrn A"««i«tiint llni-i i . j^ , j " .. -s- 'infinitely worse. We Would more
fourteen years ago Assistant uni- ggi^ried truck driver for a New.u.„ j„ ,, u.„-."
versitv of Wisconsin Economcs,., , j , j _ „ man oo it nere ...... .
Professor John A. Commons gather-!'""«'''"'' '"""dry company-con-; I am able to testify that blast¬ ed up hl« lecture papers walked tented in his surroundings and 'ng out tlie enemy Is not as simple out of his .Madison Wis., clas.s-ilooking forward to a reunion with " Problem as some apparently be- room and disappeared Into oblivion., his aged father, now on Fort "*'^'^- Reduced lo tne simplest
Even if Iheencmy moved back wondered what vvas holding us up
Now. I knovv that it is a minor, but bloody, victory,"
His wife, and then 7-ycar-old daughter, as suddenly were plunged Into alarm, then concern, and fln¬ ally resignation to thc fact that he - after seven years had passed— was dead. An insurance company paid his death policy and John A. Commons, by order of thc courts, legally was dead.
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Commons, ,"13, was not so greatly concerned about his vanishment. Ho barely recalled the campus, but ho did admit that his memory was partially restored about "eight or ten years ago."
The reason he had not contacted Ills family meanwhile, he said, was hei ause he vvas "too ashamed," and that he felt it vvas "loo late to catch up with the pa-si." Commons, clear of mind and satisfied with his job. said that contact with his wife and daughter, now "was up to them."
Commons described himself as a victim of amnesia, and said "I used to scoff at such stuff — I jii.'it didn't (Continued on Fage A-10)
lieve. Reduced lo the ;terms it is this:
There Is a German sitting inside a well-constructed farmhouse or pillbox. It is impossible to move iiim by infantry alone. Therefore, one of two things are wanted— rocket-firing Typhoon fighter- bombers, wiiich nre becoming the infnntrj's best supporter from the nir, or lanlts. There I* Oppnitilion
The Typhoon.s vvill be attacked by ack-ack which try to keep them off the target, while the tanks will he intercepted by anti-tank guns. Frequently, the notorious 88 doea either job. and it invariably is a wcll-plarcd v.capon. The tanks alao are likely to meet minefleldt
lery.
A German army estimated (Continued on Page A-10>
mg Lessay, and success there will vital for north-south transnortalion adding that German military
help toward the big objective at in China, thc Chinese say they were authorities have begun to dls-
^' St. Lo Around traen, Germans thrown out. ... A heavy Japanese mantle port facilities at Koenlga-
'appeared ready for a heavy at- drive was expected in the south, i berg.
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Cloudy, warm, showera; Monday fair, cooler.
•8TH YEAR, NO: 37 — ^0 PAGES
TNITBD PRK«8 WIN K*wt ¦•rrlr*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW RED DRIVE IN POLAND
REPORT YANKS
LESSAY
DEMOCRATS HAVE
ALLISSUESSET
BUTFORWALLACE
His Strength Sags; Report Roosevelt Has Approved Platform
Convention Headquartera, Chicago, .7uly l.'i. (UPt—The campaign to renominate Vice President Henry A. Wallace at next week's Demo¬ cratic national convention was sag¬ ging tonight under pressure of conse.vative Democrata despite President-Roosevelt's reluctance to repudiate his teammate.
The convention meets Wednes¬ day Party leaders are arriving for preliminaries, including open hear¬ ings on thc 1!>44 platform which il understood already to have been written nnd to have the Presidcnt'i approval. Texan Anti-New Deal
Most rebellion in thc South ap- paieiiliy i.t suiMidilig e.xiepl on tne issue of the vice presidential nom¬ inee. But advance reports are that the Texas delegation still is fulL of anti-New Deal fight. The resolu¬ tions rnmmiltee and probably the rredeiitials ennaii front i ¦¦>"'o.v*'d on the ground at the Orole
up the Imphal-Ukrul road, cleared i..i-.i-i.i ,..i.;.u ...i.u -u- •-
by British forces yesterday. , , , ,, , ., < , i - -••- -'— -"^ "''i„.„.i„_ i . ..• .i . .
(Adm Lord Louis Mountbatten «t castorn-most part of Ger-
[efmed''Vhe'k'l"v^nenwe LTaYl'ie's '"''^ ^"^^ "''^ ^^- ''" '" tlloir! Tr"k H Again ! b ous'cir HeJ'orb^TdA.'^M'aV A ' many, uhile Berlin reported
••r^'of^''heT;Lrr'Lfe^;i'"V;:e! knockout attack again_st^thal,^-.;vc".>-^-.v^Alr^^^^^^^^^ '^^\^:l^^J^J^^J?^\J^::r'^.:^^e Russians had opened «
Japanese army haa suffered
hi.story." the Britiah rad
by CBS. reported. He expressed I , "^ "" '¦"'•'-¦"*i"';"V'V'",V'' anti-aircraft positions on Dublon... ....
confidence the Allies would "com-! Lt.-^fUer reported thatthC del- anrt Moen islets inside the lagoon l "¦•'''«*• '•'' Invaaten pletely de.stroy" the aurviving nian.s evacuated Lcissav a.s the the principal targets. Several fires | Guam, south of Saipan and tha Japanese.) I 4mi>i'i- More than ers," thc FCX' reported.)
This desire, plus the fact the f,.p„^ i,round Ciieii. where the i;er-i 1.000 American bombers and fight- Before dusk today Beaufightersl Tarnapol nnd Luck while German
Japanese are holding out in 20- ,.,^„,i^ tinleaslied " Hfiinifir** hnr-'cr.s. in the i>Ie\'prfh Itnlinn-haNeH of '*-- '¦*—'¦-' '"' -• ..-jI
footdccp concrete reinforced bunk- rase in prepai-a ' ers, explains why the investment ,,j,|,^(pf.^[jg^.ij of the North Burma stronghold haa progressed so slowly, front re¬ ports aaid,
British and Indian troops con- ''^¦''
I a drumfire bar-'crs. in tlic eleventh Italian-ha.sed of the Coastal Command attacked j broadcasts said that fiehting on tion for a massive! Mttack this nionlli on Germany's |«n eneniy convoy off the Norwegian | that front had extended south td
200 MEN STOP 18,000 AT WILLOW RUN PLANT
Vankv Like a .Machine
li.ird-pre.ssed fuel iiuluslry. hurled coast, blowing up one merchant- (he Carpathian foothills.
1.500 tons of bombs into Ploesti lo- man and leaving two other medium' ., I (lay, leaving fiv e oil refineries bat- sized vea.sels blazing fiercelv. An Living the enemy not a moments lercd and smoking, ¦
.spite, Lt. Gen Omar N. Bradley s| p,,.„„, Britain, th
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escort vessel was lefl in sinking I More than 270 tnwn.s and teffle- e P..\F sent up- condition and the remaining five, ments were swept up on a ,'>,"in-mile
tinued to press hard on the reari^""^'* ,";«'''« attacking with \^.„r,i., „{ 300 I^ncasler bombers. I "hips of the .onvoy were either
nf the mam body of Japanese "i«'"i"P-'i«e precision against re- ^^^.^ „f „.|j|,.|^ ^.3,, ^^^.^^ ^j^^j ,„„, j,|amaged or set afire.
troops retreating eastward toward sist.incc that ranged from real- „f bombs on short hau!.«. to the .AHark Robot Rase
Burma in an apparent wholesale guard action on tlie west flank to ^..^af f,pjg|,i \arci« «' ViUeneuve During Fridav night big RAF
evacuation of the Manipur Hills a "csP^rstc struggle for every fiKit ^t, Georges. 20 miles southea.-t of Ijincast( r and" Halifax bornVrs
along the Inst, bloody mile to St. ,>„,.,_, j„ „ p,.c.,lawn attack which lashed the Pas de Calais robot, the easlern gates of (Jrodno. hurling
strencth of 3 H,5(H)(K) brinainE com- Anril 30 of about ",'10 Oon men hv' *"•«••' '" -'ungle Track ''*' , .^ , smothered a concentration of CJer- coast, while .Mosqiiitos hammered thousand.s of arlillery shells into
strciigtn or j.h,w»uo o.ingmg .om Apri.u or about -50,000 men. b> ^ An SEAC communique said the United Press Oorre.spondentj man military supplies. 1 the rail junction of Hannover. 1,W that Na/.i bulwark, one of the
Ph V H " " '" *"'''"'^"' '" ''' '"¦¦ ^^^ "'"J""" P*""' nf "'snpowe'-, British forces rc-cstablishcd con- -lames C. McClincy reported that Bad weather hampered air opera-; miles west of Berlin, and planted i strongest in eastern Europe, ele-
ine * oro scheduled peak of 11.3(10.000 and, indue ted since that time. |tact vvith an enemy rear guard Saturdays advances on Sl Lo uf lions from this island base, al- mines In .Nazi sealane.s. One bomb-^ ments of Gen. Ivan D. Chernlak-
Wnsiiington, July 15. (UP>—The.Coast Guard at 169.235, This tabu- Navy has reached its desired lation reflected an expansion since'""^'*'
front as the Soviet juggernaut roll¬ ed over German defenses and sent the (Jermans fleeing to their last major defense lines In the east. While .'Soviet troops battered at
rviroit, July 1,\
ill (Continued on Page A-3i
No Alibis front Normandy
Allies Moving Slowly Because Enemy Is Tough
Report Panic in East Prussia
The Swedish newspaper Afton-
ns -some people imagine vve should I covered bv machine guns which in Normandy, :•' that there are Germans in front] must be cleared with flails, and first work stoppage since opera- July ll. i.UPi To those armchair i'f >'» and^ they are fighting well] they are likely to prove lo be tar- tinns beRiin two years ago, hadicritica at home who have been «"" hard. j gels for the heavier guns farther
been apparently ended when the'wondering aloud why the Allied The officer refused to take refuge'back l'niled Automobile Workers iCIOi! forces in Normandy are not m the convenient explanation by local union agreed to end the strike moving with the same speed as some that thc question of auppi; and ordered the next shift lo re- the Riissiaus, a higii Allied oflicer for thc Allied forces was respon 7iort. They had no Immediate had this Answer today: .sible.
stntemcnis on the latest devclop-l "The one real reason why wc w^ Have Suppliea jncnt. 'are not moving forward as fast
the U. S. Army. „,g target and Ihe'drive mav later' One of the rich prizes stolen by
C'aNiinltie--.. ¦ .1.-:- ; n . ijij^ Aftontidningen said,
luRc ..n>^". witiiin one ini e of the vita Lessav- ,. _ i,„..i„., .„j ui,>•.;.„, i,i„
1 by The situntion perhaps vvas besl .St. I,o road, supplv arlerv of the '^,^'^"'"•""'?,„'''""",, a PPly summed up by a British Tommy, German flank. In this .sector tiie ,''^"*'''"" "Khting again.st a non- ,.rh/. «i,.-.„,.j. ir 1 J ' . ,, » t> -ll terminer! enemv wno occupie.s
pon who observed ! I"^'? '^^''^ '"'J.T..r.!''L?. '^^Ti" rain extremely vvell .suited lo
panic reigning in East Prussia, a BB(^ brn,-idcasl. recorded by U. S. government monitors, laid Saturday,
The French-language broadcast to Europe said civilians were crowding railway stations, block¬ ing roada leading to the we.st and refusing to concern them¬ selves with "official document!
1"J\'.^"J:^.'!^'^ °^.,'''„^:i-"Ji?." 1 .r. ;?:-"" ^'Uih"',.,':^!," f-"-?- vanka were reported enter- baUered their way into Hengyang., berg
Former Professor, Thought Dead, Found Truck Driver After 17 Years
Hartford. Conn.. July l.^. (UPl—I Today, he showed up as a modest-
to the Seii)e River we would be able to keep up v.Uh him." he said. "Wc could keep up with the gasoline, food and water and with ammunition for enough guns to keep him moving. We have done this both in the desert and in j Italy, where communications were
Vnnrtnon v«>ar« atrn A"««i«tiint llni-i i . j^ , j " .. -s- 'infinitely worse. We Would more
fourteen years ago Assistant uni- ggi^ried truck driver for a New.u.„ j„ ,, u.„-."
versitv of Wisconsin Economcs,., , j , j _ „ man oo it nere ...... .
Professor John A. Commons gather-!'""«'''"'' '"""dry company-con-; I am able to testify that blast¬ ed up hl« lecture papers walked tented in his surroundings and 'ng out tlie enemy Is not as simple out of his .Madison Wis., clas.s-ilooking forward to a reunion with " Problem as some apparently be- room and disappeared Into oblivion., his aged father, now on Fort "*'^'^- Reduced lo tne simplest
Even if Iheencmy moved back wondered what vvas holding us up
Now. I knovv that it is a minor, but bloody, victory,"
His wife, and then 7-ycar-old daughter, as suddenly were plunged Into alarm, then concern, and fln¬ ally resignation to thc fact that he - after seven years had passed— was dead. An insurance company paid his death policy and John A. Commons, by order of thc courts, legally was dead.
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Commons, ,"13, was not so greatly concerned about his vanishment. Ho barely recalled the campus, but ho did admit that his memory was partially restored about "eight or ten years ago."
The reason he had not contacted Ills family meanwhile, he said, was hei ause he vvas "too ashamed," and that he felt it vvas "loo late to catch up with the pa-si." Commons, clear of mind and satisfied with his job. said that contact with his wife and daughter, now "was up to them."
Commons described himself as a victim of amnesia, and said "I used to scoff at such stuff — I jii.'it didn't (Continued on Fage A-10)
lieve. Reduced lo the ;terms it is this:
There Is a German sitting inside a well-constructed farmhouse or pillbox. It is impossible to move iiim by infantry alone. Therefore, one of two things are wanted— rocket-firing Typhoon fighter- bombers, wiiich nre becoming the infnntrj's best supporter from the nir, or lanlts. There I* Oppnitilion
The Typhoon.s vvill be attacked by ack-ack which try to keep them off the target, while the tanks will he intercepted by anti-tank guns. Frequently, the notorious 88 doea either job. and it invariably is a wcll-plarcd v.capon. The tanks alao are likely to meet minefleldt
lery.
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mg Lessay, and success there will vital for north-south transnortalion adding that German military
help toward the big objective at in China, thc Chinese say they were authorities have begun to dls-
^' St. Lo Around traen, Germans thrown out. ... A heavy Japanese mantle port facilities at Koenlga-
'appeared ready for a heavy at- drive was expected in the south, i berg.
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